Tuesday July 11, 2017 - Eighth Annual 'Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua' theme:
"A Crisis of Faith? - An Opportunity for Reflection"
 Sponsored by: The Buffalo News, Visit Buffalo Niagara, WNED, Chautauqua Institution, & C-SAAHN

Noon - 8 pm FREE Afternoon Gate Pass for residents of the Greater Buffalo region

Chautauqua Week Three Theme:  "A Crisis of Faith?"
Chautauqua Institution Theme Week Three :: July 8–15, 2017

For decades, Chautauqua Institution has brought people of different faiths – and no faith – together for civil, enlightening dialogue. Building on that work, this week we dive even deeper into questions of identity, religion and community. Major research organizations such as Pew Research Center and PRRI report that religions are undergoing dramatic change: a decline in mainstream Christianity and practicing Judaism, demographic shifts pointing toward a growing Muslim population, and more young people than ever who claim no affiliation with any organized religion. Some detect crisis amidst these changes, but in this week we look to the possibilities. What impacts do shifting religious norms mean for other aspects of public life? How are churches reinventing themselves as moral centers of the communities they serve?
Together, we imagine the future of faith and of religion as we have come to know it.

12:05pm - 1:30pm -Hall of Philosophy
12:05pm - 12:20pm "The Buffalo-Chautauqua Idea: Believing in a 21st-Century Ideal"
* Dennis Galucki, Founder, Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua & Moderator
12:20pm - 1:30pm "Faith, Spirituality, Wellness, and Community"
* Dr. G. Stanford Bratton, Ex. Dir/CEO, Network of Religious Communities
* Fr. Pat Keleher, Campus Minister University at Buffalo
* Fr. William "Jud" Weiksnar, ofm, Franciscan Friars
* Philip Haberstro, Ex. Dir., Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo

1:45pm -Ed Evans Author, "Buffalo's E.B.Green at Chautauqua" Walking Tour begins at the Hall of Philosophy

2:00pm - 3:15pm  - Hall of Philosophy - Chautauqua Institution Department of Religion
* Bill Moyers, Moderator
* Speaker: Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith

3:30pm - 5:00pmHall of Christ Chautauqua Archives Heritage Lecture Series
* Mary Holland, Founder, Buffalo Religious Art Center, "Creating a Heritage of Art & Faith - The Buffalo Religious Art Center"

Chautauqua Institution Buffalo Day Announcement
http://mailchi.mp/ciweb/youre-invited-to-buffalo-day-at-chautauqua-institution-tuesday-july-11-2017

The Buffalo News July 9, 2017 Imagining a lifelong learning land
By Carl Francis Penders http://buffalonews.ny.newsmemory.com/?token=fa876a4d57f4ee93260a3634d4ed434b_59624758_672bc47&selDate=20170709&utm_source=emailMarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email+stats
 
--- By Dennis Galucki, founder, Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua & ImagineLifelongLearning.com

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